Loveland Laser Tag completes its expansion

Highlight is a new 11-element indoor ropes course

Loveland Laser Tag's half-million-dollar expansion includes a new 11-element ropes course, which has been open since November 2013.
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LOVELAND -- In time for the busy kid season of Christmas break, Loveland Laser Tag has completed its half-million-dollar expansion.

The business at 401 N. Denver Ave. has made the transition from a laser tag center to a "full family entertainment center," according to Jeff Willy, owner since 2011.

"Everything is firing on all cylinders. It's pretty fun," Willy said Friday.

The centerpiece of the 3,500-square-foot expansion is a new 11-element indoor ropes course, which opened last month.

Also new is a third level in the laser tag arena, expanded arcade game offerings and an electronic-card-based debit and rewards system.

In the enlarged café area, Willy installed the gas-fired oven from the Loveland Nick-N-Willy's Pizza location that closed in October.

"The highlight is definitely the ropes course," Willy said.

The course features a full-body safety harness system that keeps participants clipped in at all times as they transfer between elements such as tightropes and rope bridges.

For $7, guests can challenge themselves on any or all of the elements, Willy said. There's no time limit, although it takes 20 to 30 minutes to try all of the course's features, he said.

The course isn't just for kids, Willy said, although adults tend to be more cautious up there.

"HP has come over, and we've had a couple of other team-building events," he said.

During the winter season, Loveland Laser Tag is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. It will be open on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

The entertainment center is offering its third annual New Year's Eve party from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., which Willy said allows parents to drop off their children and go to their own parties. The party includes a lock-in option that ends at 7 a.m. on New Year's Day.